Slaughter v. Provident Savings Bank of Preston ex rel. Messick

Citations

• 25 Del. 333
• 2 Boyce 333
• 80 A. 243
• 1911 Del. LEXIS 43

Syllabus

<p>Judgment — Judgment by Confession — “Obligation.”</p> <p>Under Rev. Code 1852, amended to 1893, p. 745, c. 99, § 12, providing that to an obligation for the payment of any sum not exceeding $200 there may be an extra warrant, duly executed, authorizing any justice of the peace to enter judgment thereon by confession, the word “obligation” imports an instrument under seal, as does the warrant; and hence a note and warrant attached, neither of which were under seal, do not give a justice authority to enter judgment by confession.</p>